| Griffin said: How well does the 8600 stand up against the other cards in your mind, its pretty cheap at about $130 at retail stores comapared to the 8800gt at $270 and the 8800 GTS at 330$. What was your last card and how much better does this do then that one. And one last question what kind of FPS are you getting out of the game with max settings or medium settings. |
IMO the 8600GT is the best deal I've ever gotten out of a card. I got it on Newegg for $110 ($90 after the rebate) about 8 months ago. Before that I was running a GeForce Go 6600 Laptop card (bought this one with my new comp) which was playing everything up to Bioshock, then I needed a new desktop. So, I built this one, looking to play all the PC games out on good settings on the cheap. Turns out it plays everything, including Bioshock, on Max except for Crysis (plays that on medium-high) so far. I've been very satisfied with it. The card performs far better than I expected it to. Best $90 I ever spent.
